Doctors just blurred the line between species with a radical transplant. Could this be the key to immortality?

The genetically modified lung remained viable for nine days, but the recipient’s immune responses need more research, scientists say.

Regulators are supposed to abide by society's “bargain” with them: Civil servants are granted lifetime tenure and protected from political pressure and retaliation, and in return, they are supposed to ...

Genetically engineered humans may still sound like the stuff of science fiction, but the quest to create genetically modified babies is getting a reboot. NPR's health correspondent Rob Stein brings us ...

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary ...

A genetically modified pig lung was transplanted into a brain-dead man and functioned for nine days, according to a newly ...

Genetically engineered cell lines used in biomedical research have long been prone to misidentification and unauthorized use, wasting billions of dollars each year and jeopardizing critical scientific ...